Looking back, major historical sites in Beijing were mainly generated from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, for example the Tiananmen Square intimately built in Ming and reconstructed in Qing, the majestic Forbidden City - royal palace for the two kingdoms, Summer Palace of Qing, Badaling Great Wall and Ming Tombs of emperor family wereerected in Ming Dynasty. Modern era of Beijing began in the 1949 when the People’s Republic of China was founded. Until Jin Dynasty, Beijing became a nationwide political center - the middle of the five capitals and the official metropolis in the following Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty. Then it served as one of the deputy capitals from A.D 938 of Liao Dynasty and named as Nanjing (南京) during that period. Study of history shows the earliest records dates back to the Later Yan Dynasty from 1045 BC when Beijing was titled Ji (蓟) and Yanjing (燕京). Once was the political, economic and cultural center for many ancient dynasties, therefor Beijing bred numerous historical heritages like the Forbidden City - the most magnificent imperial palace in the world. And current reality shows Beijing, Xian and Nanjing are the best three reflections of Chinese dynasties of past ages with the most cultural relics in original look.ĭynasties: 6 (Later Yan Dynasty, Liao Dynasty, Jin Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty.)Ĭultural & Historical Sites: Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Badaling Great Wall, Matianyu Great Wall, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs.Īs the most celebrated capital with over 3000 years and history of more than 850 as ancient capital, Beijing (previous name: Peking) is a world famous historical and cultural city and one of the seven ancient Chinese capitals. The following seven ancient capitals Beijing, Xian, Hangzhou, Nanjin, Luoyang, Kaifeng and Anyang are the most famous on the list. So to speak, no tours in one Chinese capital in the past, no understanding of Chinese history you will get.
Just because of their super status, ancient capitals such as Beijing, Xian, Hangzhou, Luoyang and others presented the highest level in fields of authorities and society during respective dynasties. Generally speaking, migration of past capitals is east-west direction first and followed by north-south. On the vast territory of China, lots of large capitals were formed as political center as well as economic and cultural center. With the development of politics, economy or historical reasons, the capital usually moved to a new one, which results of numerous ancient Chinese capitals from different dynasties. Top 7 Ancient Capitals of China - Best Witness of Chinese Long HistoryĬhina is an ancient civilized country with a long history of five thousand years known around the world.
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